title: [Patterns of use of hormone replacement therapy in 2 Italian populations].
abstract: We analysed the pattern of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use, over the period 1990-92, in a random sample of 76,537 women (45-74 years old) resident in the province of Rome, and in 1994 among all women (45-74 years old) resident in the Umbria region; data were collected through the regional drug prescription monitoring systems. During the three-year period an estimated 3.8% of women were prescribed HRT, among these 42% received estrogen with concomitant progestin therapy. The prevalence of use increased from 1.5% in 1990 to 2.2% in 1992 mainly because of an increased use of skin patches. In the Umbria region, out of the 166,112 women, 2.1% received at least one estrogen prescription. The prevalence of use increased in younger age classes but is almost unchanged over the sixties.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maggini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spila Alegiani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Giovambattista
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Serra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Profilo d'uso della terapia ormonale sostitutiva in due popolazioni italiane.